Weekly Updates — The Giving Gifts

After sharing more about the heart behind this internship model and having our more official onboard night last night I wanted to finally introduce you a little more personally to the two people stepping into this season alongside me, S

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This summer marks the beginning of something that has been on my heart for a very long time. Since the early days of The Giving Gifts, I’ve hoped to create spaces where people could bring their skills, ideas, energy, and creativity to

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Over the last few emails I’ve shared a few subtle hints that we have some exciting things in the works. As those ideas began to take shape, I found myself reflecting on everything that has unfolded over the past two and a half years. I

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If we’ve connected at any point over the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard me say how thankful I am for the little glimmers of light and motivation that have come through lately. I’ve been sitting with a lot of gratitude for what I

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I’ve been working my way through the book “The Understory” by Lore Ferguson Wilbert and this little snippet caught my attention and of course in the most perfect timing as I have been working through the reflection for this weekends gar

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Something I have been thinking about a lot is how we approach changes in this life. I used to pride myself on being a person who loved change, maybe a little too much at times. I also think change and growth often go hand in hand and ho

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A week ago I saw a post about an organization in San Diego hosting a paddle out to celebrate International Women’s Day. My first thought was, wow, that’s such a cute idea… maybe next year. About an hour later, I found myself asking a

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Sunday was suchhhhh a beautiful day and we had a totally different turn out from our normal beach cleanups which was actually so special. I asked Karen if she would be open to me sharing her experience of the hike and the reflection and

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This Sunday we are doing something a little different and gathering to hike and clean, and I wanted to share a little more of the heart behind why we are creating this kind of space. On the surface it is simple, it’s a space for people

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Many of you know that I went in for emergency surgery on Christmas Eve. The weeks since have been slower than I expected. Healing has meant walking, resting, paying attention, and letting things stay unfinished a little longer than I wo

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I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be generous so naturally I went ahead and looked up how generous is defined Generous: showing a readiness to give more than is strictly necessary or expected That definition has opened a

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How was saturday… So many of you followed up from this past weekend and I am seriously so thankful for that. If I have not responded to that text yet here ya go haha. I think I needed to let the beautiful and whole experience settle

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Every year this season pulls me in two directions at once. I love it, the reflectiveness, the way people open their homes, the gatherings, the possibility for real connection and I struggle with it. The rush, the pressure, the decorat

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Somehow another month has slipped by, and honestly I dont know if I am amazed or just freaked out with how time moves the way it does. November was…a lot. We opened the month with a Día de los Muertos cleanup, taking the time to reflec

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The word restoration came to me in late July when I was thinking about themes for our September cleanup. It was early in the morning, I was driving up to Orange County, passing my favorite view of the whole coast of Ensenada. I was thin

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The cleanup came and passed and even though I wasn’t physically there my heart felt very much present and full from the updates, the pictures and videos, in the stencils that a friend made and seeing the activity come alive. The theme t

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Normally right about now I would be driving a very packed up car to the beach, picking up cookies on the way, and arriving a little earlier than anyone else so that I could take the five minutes to connect with the space and feel ground

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